All that we needed, a break
From our tiresome daily work schedule
Overnight this long awaited wish was granted
That we all once yearned for
Happy I was and happy we were
But the reasons of happiness probably, for many
Was impeded by the policies of the politics
That granted no to luxury but yes to essentials only.
Happy I was but not very
What my heart still pined for?
Essentials I had, family I had
Did I crave for luxury?
That which luxury for many, why it is an essential to me!
Things did change now
The settlement of online education
Through the unsettlement of Covid 19 pandemic
The new e-learning absorption
Brought in the era of autonomous learning life.
We tried to eke out happiness
Even on this uncongenial environment
Sometimes with playing ludo, tambola or carom
Games which our generation had long forgotten
At times when stepping out made me not even think once
Now I thought not a once but a thousand many times
Not for the self but for the safety of all
Because the invisible enemy of the human race
Had come with a special offer, buy one and get many free
No treatment, no vaccine developed yet
The world which divided was once
Became now one force, against that invisible enemy
That the enemy in disguise brought unity
Which we could not achieve until now
Should I be happy for this or should I not?
Am I the only person to see this unity?
Or a fool am I to praise the invisible enemy
Which in turn offers only suffering to my people
No medicine, but hope is the new medicine
Sooner or later it shall go away one day
But will the world be still united like this everyday?
Sneha Gupta
MA
Tetso College